Hand-cart.



Patented Jan. 29, IQOI.

B. BUTLER. HAND CART. (Application filed Oct. 11, 1900.)

(No Model.)

"W esses.

UNITED STATES BERT BUTLER, OF KENSETT, IOWA.

HAND-CART.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 666,733, dated January 29, 1901. Application and October 11, 1900. eerlalllo. 32,801. (No model.)

To all whom may concern- Be it known that I, BERT BUTLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kensett, in the county of Worth and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improve ments in Hand-Carts; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othe'rs skilled in the art to which' it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to hand-carts for the transportation of garbage or other material, and-has for its object to produce a light, strong, and durable cart for such purposes, with a platform hung low and open at one end, so as to be easily accessible.

The nature of the invention will fully appear from the description and claims following, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a general view of acart embodying my invention Fig! 2 is a sectional detail showing the connection of the frame with theaxle.

In the drawings, A A designate a pair of large wheels, preferably steel and of a familiar type. having an inverted depending arch B. O'n the cross-bar of this arch rests the middlepf a platform 0, comprising a series of longitu' dinal slats or bars 0 and (J and cross-cleats C The side bars 0 are notched or gained t C, to take the adjacent vertical portion of the axle -areh, and thus hold the platform from moving endwise with respect to the axle. At the rear ends these side bars project past the platform proper and are each provided with a curved shoe D. to serve-as a support for the platform when at rest. On the shoulders of the axle, near the hubs of the wheel, are mounted two handle-bars E E, which back of the platform are for -con-' venience curved upwardly and inwardly and at the back end connect with a handle F, as by bolts F through the handle, and lugs F, turned at the end of the handle-bars. Di-

rectly above'the rear'end of the platform these handle-bars are connected by acrossbar G, provided with right-angle lugs G to -take fastening-bolts Gr.- 1

' nuts below.

These are mounted on an axleB The handle-bars are preferably formed of light channel-iron and are'ea-ch attached to the axle by a suitable clan'iping device II. This comprises a plate fitting theinner face of the handle-bar and bolted thereto at II, with a. curved socket H to lit. the shoulder of the axle, and a clamping-plate the plate H by bolts H 7 The corners of the platform are connected with the frame above by tie-rods I, hooked or riveted to the handle-bars at the upper ends and at the lowerends passing through the cross-cleats. At the rear-end of the platform they also pass through the forward ends of the shoes D and are all secured by nuts at the lower ends. with shoulders I to bear on the upper face of the side bars 0 against the tension of the The frame is further stayed 'by diagonal braces J, similarly hooked or riveted to the handle-bars, and their lower ends secured by bolts J, passing through the rear ends of the side bars and shoes H secured to The cart as thus constructed combines light nose with great strength and durability and is easily handled, loaded, and unloaded.

, Having thus described my inventiomwhat Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, ish v 1. In ahand-cartsubstantiallyas described, a platform comprising the notched sidebars extending back of the main platform. intermediate bars parallel therewith, CIOSSjClQBjtS, to which all the said bars are connected,and shoes to support the rear end, cdmbined-wlth a depending,arched axle and connected frame, substantially as set forth. 4

2. Inahand-cart,thecombinationofaplatform, a depending, arched axle to support the same, and suitable wheels mounted thereon, a pair of handlebars and a connecting crossbars curving upwardly and inwardly back of saidplatform, vertical tie-rods connecting the handle-bars and platform atthe corners, and

diagonal braces connecting the rear end with the backwardly-e'xtending portions of said handle-bars, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

forming a three-sided inclosure of about the same area as, the platform, said handle- V 3. In a hand-cart, th cqmbination with the In testimony wnemof I n1 signnin'n-e. "depending arched axle, of a pair ofhandlein presene of two Witnesses.

bars mounted on the shoulders thereof near I fin r the Wheels, a pair Qf WhGQIS, and a clamp DAR? LU'I LEE comprising the plate I-I havingsocke'b H 4 Witnesses: I

eomfianion plate 5. and bolts H and H sub; JOHN BURYERAU v stantially ems-and fOl'jhG purpose set forth. A. N. BJORGO. 

